Thursday 15 December 2022

'We won't follow austerity': Scotland announces tax rises to fund NHS

2 Comments:

At 16 December 2022 at 02:56 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

One solution to the UK's financial woes would be to cease buying overpriced US manufactured military junk.

" Too Expensive To Use. Too Expensive To Lose"

A prime example being the F35-B not so stealthy or reliable fighter which comes with an ever increasing eyewatering price tag.

F-35B: $135.8 million 
plus annual maintenance $6.8 million for the F-35B

It costs an estimated $38,000 per flight hour to fly an F-35. 

It costs between $3,000 and $3,500 per hour to fuel an F-35.

Here is a new one being flight tested to death

https://youtu.be/FoAx9udLBYg

And another dud falling off our aircraft carrier HMS White Elephant

https://youtu.be/vrUkrOgqAUQ

Another crash on a US carrier

https://youtu.be/Ma_nEqBdLSA?t=1723

The nose landing gear of a USMC F-35B collapsed during towing after the fighter conducted an emergency landing at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa Island, Japan 

The fighter belongs to the 121st Marine Fighter Attack Squadron based at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. The squadron was recently deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli. 

After reporting suspected electrical problems, the F-35B conducted an emergency landing at Kadena Air Base, NHK News reported.  

While the aircraft was being towed on a taxiway, the front landing gear collapsed, and the nose hit the ground. Damage to the aircraft is unknown. No injuries were reported.

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The Japanese also seem unlucky with the F35
Sadly the pilot was killed

Japanese Military Found F-35 Debris, Pilot Still Missing

https://youtu.be/BSYvprss-MU?t=9

Top 3 Institutional Shareholders

Institutional investors hold the majority of Lockheed Martin shares at about 69.4% of total shares outstanding.

State Street Corp., Vanguard Group Inc., and BlackRock Inc.

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/081416/top-5-shareholders-lockheed-martin-lmt.asp




 
At 16 December 2022 at 03:07 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lockheed have a long record of bribing politicians and flogging dud, deadly and overpriced aircraft.

The F104 "Widowmaker" that had trouble flying in the rain.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/tragic-reason-why-germany-hated-its-f-104-starfighters-68742

At the time the scandal was so significant that Robert Calvert even produced a satirical album all about it.

Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters

RC later died suddenly of a heart attack at an early age.

Aircraft Salesman (A Door in the Foot) (2007 Remaster)
https://youtu.be/6XCYUEzrQdY

 

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